Colin Trunt wrote:
Colin Trunt wrote:
Colin Trunt wrote:
Colin Trunt wrote:
I can boot either normally or to recovery as llong as I don't
mess about to much and do it directly.
What exactly does that mean? Mess about with what and what do
you mean by "do it directly"? If the Recovery Console is
installed you get a boot menu when you boot the computer and you
select to boot the Recovery Console or the Windows installation,
what is there to mess about with there and what is there to do
directly other than selecting which option to boot?
How many hard disks do you have and how many partitions do you
have on these hard disks? Where is the Windows installation and
where is the Command Console installed? To avoid confusion
please don't use the term "drive" when answering, use the terms
"Hard Disk" and "Partition".
John
First I get a screen which says hit f10 for recovery, then it
goes to a choice
1)windows
2)recovey
3)ubuntu
my boot.ini
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console"
/cmdcons
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
Comes back to the question of how many hard disks and partitions do
you have and where exactly is Windows installed. Also, where is
this boot.ini file located? (on which hard disk and on which
partition?)
Also need the results of the set system command.
The problem is most likely due to an incorrect ARC path in the
boot.ini file.
John
This is the boot.ini on drive d: (recovery drive)
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console"
/cmdcons
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
ah......im thinking
I don;t know what happens at startup.
Anyway partion 2 is c: I think and 1 is d:
When I list then in disk management they are show as d: then c :
in the bottom rigt panel
Pulling a tooth from an angry lion would be easier than obtaining
information from you... one more try:
1- How many physical hard disks do you have in the computer?
2- How many partitions do you have on each hard disk?
3- Please post the results of the SET SYSTEM command.
Also, you are posting different variations of the boot.ini file,
Windows only uses one boot.ini file. When you run the SET SYSTEM
command it will return a line telling you:
SystemDrive=?:
(? will be C or D ...or ...) the correct boot.ini file will be in
the root of the specified SystemDrive, for example C:\ or D:\ .
Please post the contents of the correct boot.ini file.
John
two phyisical drives
one has partitios d: and c:
other is f: one parition f:
There is an ini on both c: and d: as posted, they are different.
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner\Application Data
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=ZAX
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner
LOGONSERVER=\\ZAX
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;c:\Python22;C:\Program
Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\MinGW\bin;
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=2f02
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SAN_DIR=C:\Program Files\SiSoftware\SiSoftware Sandra Lite XII.SP2c
SESSIONNAME=Console
SonicCentral=c:\Program Files\Common Files\Sonic Shared\Sonic Central\
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\HP_Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\HP_Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=ZAX
USERNAME=HP_Owner
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner
windir=C:\WINDOWS
__COMPAT_LAYER=DisableNXShowUI
c:boot.ini[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
Do you get a brief error message telling you that the boot.ini file is
invalid when you boot Windows? Modify your c:\boot.ini file as such
(to avoid errors you can copy and paste):
No I never get any errors on a normal boot, none whatsoever.
The only time I have had error is when I try to do a recovery, there
seems to be two paths to recovery.
The only time I have ever got an error is when I have selected option 2
for
recovery, but 'bottled out' and decided to boot normally, this brings
back the
boot menu IIRC, and IIRC when I press 1 for a normal boot I get the
hal.dll
error. That's the only time I get it on a normal boot.
I suspect doing it that way may cause it to look on drive d: for hal.dll
and it won't find it there, as it has no windows folder on it.
I don't recall an error message about boot.ini at all, although there is
a small possibilty I might have missed it but I doubt it.
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Partion 1 Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Partition 2 Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Phoney Baloney Operating
System" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
The changes above are obvious enough, when you boot the computer you
will see the "Phoney Baloney Operating System" in the boot menu, this
will confirm that you are indeed using the boot.ini file on C: Try
booting the "Partition 1 Microsoft..." and the "Partition 2
Microsoft..." and see what happens. Also try booting the Recovery
Console. After you confirm the proper Windows boot partition we can
modify the boot.ini file again and remove the invalid entries.
Note it seems c: is partition 2
I don't think so, I think that it is partition 1 and that you get the
error when you boot the Command Console because the boot.ini file on C:
points to the wrong partition.
I don't get that error, at least not all the time, I have booted into
the
Command Console before it must be the right partition I would imagine.
Also the way it is listed in disk management suggests partition 1 is d:
When I google images of "disk management"
http://images.google.co.uk/images?u...isch:1&q=disk+management&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
I can see mine is different, d: comes before c:
Do you see C: as partition 2 in the Disk Management Tool? To open the
Disk Management tool enter diskmgmt.msc in the Start Menu Run box.
You can also verify this at the Command Prompt with the Diskpart
utility.
Disk part confirms partition 2 is 69GB, and that's the size of C:
It says partion 1 is 6164MB which is the smaller recovery partition d:
SO I think that's established what partion is what, thus partion 2 is c:
I am not syre if the d:boot.ini is ever used, there is no windows
directory on d:
there is I386 though, all the folders are locked
The SystemDrive=C: above tells us that the c:\boot.ini file is the one
used to boot the system, I don't know why you have this boot.ini file
on D:\... But I think that it does have the correct ARC path and that
the one on C: has an improper path, try the modified boot.ini file and
then report your findings.
John
Well I may change those ini files on c: presumably between the quotes
is just a comment, so I can change without fear of damage?
